FGCU v. Mercer: What you need to know about today's game

Naples Daily News FGCU writer Dana Caldwell talks about the home court advantage for FGCU heading into the teams' A-Sun Conference title game against Mercer

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Who: FGCU (22-11) vs. Mercer (25-8)

What: Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament championship

Where: Alico Arena, Fort Myers

When: 2 p.m. Sunday

Tickets: Sold out

TV: ESPN2

Radio: WWCN/FM 99.3 and iRadioNow app

Internet: ESPN3

What's at stake: The winner gets an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament. If FGCU loses, it will play in the NIT. The NCAA pairings will be announced at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, March 16, on CBS. The NIT pairings will be announced later that night.

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This year's meetings: FGCU lost at Mercer, 68-55, on Jan. 23. The Eagles won at Alico Arena, 75-61, on Feb. 21. The teams tied for the conference title, but FGCU won a tiebreaker for the No. 1 seed in the tournament.

History: FGCU has beaten Mercer in the last two Atlantic Sun tournaments. In 2012, the Eagles upset the Bears on the road in the semifinals. In 2013, the Eagles upset the Bears, the regular-season champs, in the title game to earn their first NCAA bid.

Quotable: "We definitely want to see them again," said Mercer's Langston Hall, the A-Sun Player of the Year, after the Bears lost at FGCU on Feb. 21. "The past two years, they've been the team to put us out, so it would be real special to play them again for the conference championship."​